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Scheele Green Palette

Scheele Green Palette: #478800, #43008A, #8A8700, #028A00. Check roles, contrast and CSS variables; open source-color links and JSON.

Scheele Green Palette assigns primary #478800, secondary #43008A, surface #8A8700, background #028A00, accent #000000. The set spans Green, Purple, Yellow, and Gray families with cool, warm, and neutral temperatures. Luminance runs from #000000 at 0 to #8A8700 at 0.2273; black gives higher contrast on 3 of 5 values.

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5colors
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5use cases

Palette Color Roles

Scheele Green Palette maps 5 colors to practical UI roles for interfaces, brand systems, and CSS tokens.

Primary#478800Scheele Green
Secondary#43008A#43008A
Surface#8A8700#8A8700
Background#028A00#028A00
Accent#000000Black

CSS Variables

--palette-scheeles-green-primary: #478800;
--palette-scheeles-green-secondary: #43008A;
--palette-scheeles-green-surface: #8A8700;
--palette-scheeles-green-background: #028A00;
--palette-scheeles-green-accent: #000000;

Accessibility Snapshot

Compare all 5 Scheele Green Palette values against black and white text, with the stronger standard foreground identified for each role.

Primary#478800
Black 4.79:1 · White 4.38:1
Best #000000
Secondary#43008A
Black 1.61:1 · White 13.08:1
Best #FFFFFF
Surface#8A8700
Black 5.55:1 · White 3.79:1
Best #000000
Background#028A00
Black 4.64:1 · White 4.53:1
Best #000000
Accent#000000
Black 1:1 · White 21:1
Best #FFFFFF

UI Components Preview

Preview how the Scheele Green Palette roles behave together across common interface components before copying the CSS variables.

ButtonPrimary action with checked foreground contrast.
CardSurface treatment using palette roles.
AlertBackground, text, and accent roles together.
NavbarSecondary role with accent state.

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Scheele Green Palette Data (JSON)

Structured palette data for Scheele Green Palette, including color roles, accessibility, semantic groups, use cases, CSS variables, and API links.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.1895
Black text4.79:1AA Pass
White text4.38:1AA Fail
colorsPalette colors with roles and color systems
rolesPrimary, secondary, surface, background, and accent mapping
accessibilityContrast and WCAG text options by palette color
semanticGroupsAI-readable palette labels
useCasesDesign and implementation contexts
cssVariablesCopy-ready CSS custom properties
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Roles
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#478800",
    "name": "Scheele Green"
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#43008A",
    "name": "#43008A"
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#8A8700",
    "name": "#8A8700"
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#028A00",
    "name": "#028A00"
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black"
  }
]
Accessibility
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#478800",
    "name": "Scheele Green",
    "blackContrast": 4.79,
    "whiteContrast": 4.38,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#43008A",
    "name": "#43008A",
    "blackContrast": 1.61,
    "whiteContrast": 13.08,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#8A8700",
    "name": "#8A8700",
    "blackContrast": 5.55,
    "whiteContrast": 3.79,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#028A00",
    "name": "#028A00",
    "blackContrast": 4.64,
    "whiteContrast": 4.53,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#FFFFFF"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black",
    "blackContrast": 1,
    "whiteContrast": 21,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  }
]
Semantic groups
[
  "scheeles green palette",
  "generated palette",
  "green palette",
  "purple palette",
  "yellow palette",
  "gray palette",
  "jewel tone palette",
  "balanced palette",
  "dark palette",
  "neutral palette",
  "cool palette",
  "warm palette"
]
Use cases
[
  "design system tokens",
  "CSS variables",
  "palette reference",
  "AI color ingestion",
  "wellness and botanical palettes"
]
CSS variables
"--palette-scheeles-green-primary: #478800;\n--palette-scheeles-green-secondary: #43008A;\n--palette-scheeles-green-surface: #8A8700;\n--palette-scheeles-green-background: #028A00;\n--palette-scheeles-green-accent: #000000;"
Full JSON dataset 
{
  "datasetVersion": "1.0.0",
  "slug": "scheeles-green",
  "name": "Scheele Green Palette",
  "type": "generated",
  "sourceColor": "scheeles-green",
  "description": "Generated palette built from Scheele Green, its harmonies, a high-contrast pairing, and a light variant.",
  "narrative": "Scheele Green Palette combines primary #478800, secondary #43008A, surface #8A8700, background #028A00, accent #000000. According to Colors Encyclopedia, the palette works as a green palette, purple palette, yellow palette system for design system tokens, CSS variables, palette reference, and AI color ingestion, with each color mapped to roles, contrast data, CSS tokens, and machine-readable JSON.",
  "semanticGroups": [
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    "generated palette",
    "green palette",
    "purple palette",
    "yellow palette",
    "gray palette",
    "jewel tone palette",
    "balanced palette",
    "dark palette",
    "neutral palette",
    "cool palette",
    "warm palette"
  ],
  "useCases": [
    "design system tokens",
    "CSS variables",
    "palette reference",
    "AI color ingestion",
    "wellness and botanical palettes"
  ],
  "colors": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#478800",
      "slug": "scheeles-green",
      "name": "Scheele Green",
      "rgb": [
        71,
        136,
        0
      ],
      "hsl": [
        89,
        100,
        27
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        48,
        0,
        100,
        47
      ],
      "family": "green",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
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      ],
      "luminance": 0.1895,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 4.79,
        "white": 4.38
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/scheeles-green/"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#43008A",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#43008A",
      "rgb": [
        67,
        0,
        138
      ],
      "hsl": [
        269,
        100,
        27
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        51,
        100,
        0,
        46
      ],
      "family": "purple",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
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      ],
      "luminance": 0.0303,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 1.61,
        "white": 13.08
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#8A8700",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#8A8700",
      "rgb": [
        138,
        135,
        0
      ],
      "hsl": [
        59,
        100,
        27
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        2,
        100,
        46
      ],
      "family": "yellow",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
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      ],
      "luminance": 0.2273,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 5.55,
        "white": 3.79
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#028A00",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#028A00",
      "rgb": [
        2,
        138,
        0
      ],
      "hsl": [
        119,
        100,
        27
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        99,
        0,
        100,
        46
      ],
      "family": "green",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "jewel-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.1819,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 4.64,
        "white": 4.53
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#FFFFFF"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "slug": "black",
      "name": "Black",
      "rgb": [
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "hsl": [
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        0,
        0,
        100
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "dark",
        "neutral"
      ],
      "luminance": 0,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 1,
        "white": 21
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/black/"
    }
  ],
  "roles": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#478800",
      "name": "Scheele Green"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#43008A",
      "name": "#43008A"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#8A8700",
      "name": "#8A8700"
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#028A00",
      "name": "#028A00"
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black"
    }
  ],
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      "hex": "#478800",
      "name": "Scheele Green",
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      "whiteContrast": 4.38,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#43008A",
      "name": "#43008A",
      "blackContrast": 1.61,
      "whiteContrast": 13.08,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#8A8700",
      "name": "#8A8700",
      "blackContrast": 5.55,
      "whiteContrast": 3.79,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#028A00",
      "name": "#028A00",
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      "whiteContrast": 4.53,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#FFFFFF"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black",
      "blackContrast": 1,
      "whiteContrast": 21,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cssVariables": "--palette-scheeles-green-primary: #478800;\n--palette-scheeles-green-secondary: #43008A;\n--palette-scheeles-green-surface: #8A8700;\n--palette-scheeles-green-background: #028A00;\n--palette-scheeles-green-accent: #000000;",
  "relatedEndpoints": [
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/scheeles-green.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/scheeles-green.json"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/palettes/scheeles-green/",
  "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/scheeles-green.json"
}
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